About Paul Needell

Paul Needell has covered the NFL since 1983, but looks much younger, as you can see. He first kicked butt as the Jets’ beat writer for the New York Daily News from '83 through '95, then joined the Star-Ledger as its NFL reporter in the summer of ’96. Needell, his wife, Cathy, their three sons, dog and cat live in Rockville Centre, N.Y.